24 TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS 



letters of marque for arming any vessel, to act as a privateer against 

 the other party, it is hereby declared to be lawful for the said party 

 to treat and punish the said subject or citizen having such commis- 

 sion or letters of marque as a pirate. 



ART. 16. It is expressly stipulated, that neither of the said con- 

 tracting parties will order or authorize any acts of reprisal against 

 the other, on complaints of injuries and damages, until the said party 

 shall first have presented to the other a statement thereof , verified by 

 competent proof and evidence, and demanded justice and satisfaction, 

 and the same shall either have been refused or unreasonably delayed. 



ART. 17. The ships of war of each of the contracting parties shall 

 at all times be hospitably received in the ports of the other, their 

 officers and crews paying due respect to the laws and Government 

 of the country. The officers shall be treated with that respect which 

 is due to the commission which they bear, and, if any insult should 

 be offered to them by any of the inhabitants, all offenders in this 

 respect shall be punished as disturbers of the peace and amity 

 between the two countries. And both contracting parties agree, that 

 in case any vessel of the one should, by stress of weather, danger 

 from enemies, or other misfortunes, be reduced to the necessity of 

 seeking shelter in any of the ports of the other, into which such vessel 

 could not in ordinary cases claim to be admitted, she shall, on mani- 

 festing that necessity to the satisfaction of the Government of the 

 place, be hospitably received, and permitted to refit and to purchase 

 at the market price such necessaries as she may stand in need of, 

 conformably to such orders and regulations as the Government of 

 the place, having respect to the circumstances of each case, shall 

 prescribe. She shall not be allowed to break bulk or unload her 

 cargo, unless the same shall be bona -fide necessary to her being 

 refitted ; nor shall she be obliged to pay any duties whatever except 

 only on such articles as she may be permitted to sell for the purpose 

 aforesaid. 



ART. 18. It shall not be lawful for any foreign privateers, (not 

 being subjects or citizens of either of the said parties,) who have 

 commissions from any Power or State in enmity with either nation, 

 to arm their ships in the ports of either of the said parties, nor to 

 sell what they have taken, nor in any other manner to exchange 

 the same ; nor shall they be allowed to purchase more provisions than 

 shall be necessary for their going to the nearest port of that Prince 

 or State from whom they obtained their commissions. 



ART. 19. It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers 

 belonging to the said parties, respectively, to carry whithersoever 

 they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without 

 being obliged to pay any fees to the officers of the Admiralty, or to 

 any judges whatever; nor shall the said prizes, when they arrive 

 at and enter the ports of the said parties, be detained or seized ; nor 

 shall the searchers or other officers of those places visit such prizes, 

 (except for the purpose of preventing the carrying of any part of 

 the cargo thereof on shore in any manner contrary to the established 

 laws of revenue, navigation, or commerce;) nor shall such officers 

 take cognizance of the validity of such prizes, but they shall be at 

 liberty to hoist sail and depart as speedily as may be, and carry then- 

 said prizes to the places mentioned in their commissions or patents, 



